I'm a little concerned about this one. None of the local Oregon media outlets are carrying it but it appears in a number of the gun blogsIt looks like a Republican, after a personal loss, is trying to make sure that others don't have that same experience but at the expense of many.

We can only hope the AYE voters are reported as a danger to themselves and others. They didn't include knives, clubs/bats, hammers, tire tools, etc. Wonder why? This will eventually be struck down, IMHO. Beside eliminating due process, there's way too much room for abuse of the law.

puma guy wrote:We can only hope the AYE voters are reported as a danger to themselves and others. They didn't include knives, clubs/bats, hammers, tire tools, etc. Wonder why? This will eventually be struck down, IMHO. Beside eliminating due process, there's way too much room for abuse of the law.

Government, like fire is a dangerous servant and a fearful masterIf you ain't paranoid you ain't paying attention

So what they're saying is we should cache a backup that we can use it to recover the others. Like for computers.

I believe the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the personal lives of strangers and those who do not.

That is very sad to hear. It's disappointing to see that some states are just going so "progressive" that their governments are turning into authoritarian regimes. That really does sound ironic to me. Their next hope now, I guess, is an injunction on the bill like the standard capacity magazine ban of California. Until then, I've visited Oregon already and got my fill. I'm not planning on going back there anytime soon.

This kind of stuff is scary. Instead of evaluating the potentially dangerous person to see if he is really a threat or needs help, just go take his guns. Yeah, that's the answer.

I just don't see how such a law such as this would have helped the republican and his son. Had the republican exhausted all other options to get his son help? With a law like this, it's too easy to claim someone is a danger and have their guns confiscated and rights trampled. I might could see it if the claim of someone might be a danger triggered an investigation and evaluation while maintaining the person's rights to due process.